Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-05
INDlA'S SIMPLE TOOLS.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ONLY PlOW
USED IN THE COUNTRY.

Why the Modern Piow Cannot he ihtr"
duced-Cattle of Indi.-DrilIine Seed. |
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o,,o 10, %, faot ,,bich strn.as . E,,,,e,,,
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,.n,,,lateIv mi no,v, Iut the Indian rulti
vatnr !. o,,ite nuproy i,,,d with manv of ,he
.n,,Ie tnol. which boye l4en in u,e in
Eaaiand for centuries. and which an English
l,h rr,. r,.oot,ds ns ali, ,IIte l,eecs,aries Tul
t,.,i, with rb,. mosl t,ucnl of agricultural
,u,,,..,u,.,,is ,b. pIoul IL consists of two
,5.,,.. of wood ans. :, long h.au which is
f,,,t,,oa Ia, ,,,,. T., iva l,nI,cts. the other
ON ,,,,,.,..hi attached To MS foot near th,. haam
:, +l,t ~. l..am sIo,,as mn from the. ground
T.. fine sbo,,Lle,> of Tin. oxen. The upright is
about thr,, feet long. and is sbol al the end
with n thick wootlen shoe pointed with IRON.
Thls instrument rouI,let4 costs about a
l,iIli,o a,d j.. n,,a,ti,.,ilv the only nIow usad
IN India Win such a ,low il : Of routse
! iu.no.sih. IN turp the earth over: tbe plnw
,,,a, r,.-al, scratches the ground and TIM
| I,cs..rs the soil to the depth of about fouI
inches. Between each luIrow, too, a piece Of
uploosened earth must sc left ON account of
| the slnp,. of the shoe. which is a we.Ige
However. since oxen ard pluwnien both cost
/ very little the operation Of p'owing can he
repeated frequently, and So finally the soil
| gets fairly well moved, though Tot beyond
| depth of four or Eve in, hes
| INTRoDUcrlOS OF FLOWS.
| I,,tr b.,
| ment of these provinces, the northwest prov
nce and Oudh, does all it can to facilitate
| thei, Introduction. We have an agricultural
I: ,tanartmeut which has established a nnIrl
/ tsim at Cawnpnre. This department Ln,
qlso caused to be constructed several varieli,
| If light plows specially suited to the needs ol
the country. These plows are shown Mt TIL
fairs which are held every year III the pro
| vincial towns, and sometimes IN enterprising
land owner is induced to buy one. They ar,
mi exnensiva. acrordin to English notions
tut il is diff uIt to compete in price With .
r,ow that costs shilling.
However. when the ylow has been bought
there i, still a great difficulty to overcome
1houoh these plous are made as hght aN l.
us,,lI. consistent With moderate efficiency
nr1v the stronger cattle nre able to draw
them So that only those who are rich enouel
nnd far seeing enough To purchase good cait
and feed them well, arr able to use thes
lows at all Now the immense majority O
Indi,n rnltivators are extremely poor, and a
1.,-is;u,, or adnntiner iuproyamants no
..nlv are they content to follow the method
of their ancestors, hut they regard alteration
ils almost impious.
Thai the cattle in India should be poor
not to be wondered at, for their food COZ
s,sts almost exclusively OF chopped straw an
t..llen leaves. 1t is hardly necessary to r,
mark that there are no chaff cutters on u
Indian peasants holding, 50 all the stra,
has to be chopped hy hand The instrumel
us.,i is "A heavy knife. and tile man or woman
e crourhiug ON the ground, chops the straw O
i q block of wood
The method of drilling seed employed ahol
here is extremely simple, and at the san
| rin,p inpenious A basket in the shane of a
,,,,.o,tad s,gar loaf with the tin cut off
| ,iyed to the handle of the plow. so as to pun
| diract{v down into the furTow Tn peasai
y holds the nlow and his wife walks beside hi
r d,,onn,nq handfnls of seed into the haske
5. The tanerrnC shane of the basket causes Ii
~ s,ad tn ,lron ont gradually. so that the dri
+ | inc, j. fairly even. The lines. however, a
~ ,.o,.,, ,,ar,,iar for tie Indian pIowman
,,,t rarv snrnessful in his efforts to attain
.,,.,iobt f,rrovr nor wouId an ENGLISH plo,
MAJ, I've successful with such a pInw.
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